Hugh Halter (Episode #15)

Cory and Brian interview Hugh Halter. Hugh & Cheryl Halter began their ministry starting things from scratch in Portland, Oregon. Hugh and Cheryl have done it all from church planting to house painting to starting hockey teams for children with disabilities. Hugh has been one of the primary influencers for the Underground in learning about incarnational living and gospel planting. Currently, Hugh and Cheryl are in Alton, IL where they moved without knowing what they would do, but knew they wanted to bring good news to a small, struggling town. Within a year, they were given a 12,000 square foot federal post office, and with the help of his family turned it into “Post Commons” which the locals call the “living room for Alton.”

Under Hugh’s non-profit “Lantern Network” Hugh facilitates a coffee house, brunch kitchen, events center, whiskey society, and co-working space to birth and nurture small ventures that make a collectively large ripple.

Hugh says his mission is to encourage the church to be less churchy and instead work on creating social, personal, & spiritual ventures that serve our cities in ways that make God smile.

We forgot to do introductions [02:15]
Hugh’s Story [6:50]
The Kingdom of Heaven is What the World is Looking For [10:00]
The 2 – 1 – 1 Rhythm [13:00]
Everywhere you are is a mission field [22:54]
Why I do what I’m doing [30:53]
If you create boxes and lines you stop the movement [36:48]
I need a new “cover crop” [40:32]
Hugh’s Word for the Undergound [47:00]

Resources Mentioned in Podcast

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Plant the Gospel, Hugh Halter (Episode #15)